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Welcome to my Polish blog! My Polish great grandpa was orphaned during the Chicago flu epidemic of 1918 & spent his life looking for all of his siblings. Some family stayed in Chicago & some returned to Poland. Some family was Catholic, & some are believed to be Jewish. I post the things I learn in efforts it may help someone else in their research. I also hope this blog helps me connect with others that know about the people I'm learning about. Digital images of records or links are put inside most postings so you can view records full screen. I encourage comments. Feel free to sign the guestbook, stating who you're looking for. Maybe we can all help each other out this way, because there are many challenges with Polish research. I hope you enjoy learning with me. And I hope to be taught more about my Polish heritage.I have added a few languages to this blog through Google translate. I hope that it may be accurate enough with the communication of ideas. Thanks! -Julie

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06 March 2010

Peter Drechny and Walerya (Valerie or Viola) Lientarska's family

Peter Joseph Drechny was born 27 Jun 1866 in Poland. He died 24 Oct 1933. Peter married Walerya Lientarska. Peter arrived after the 1880 Census, there's no 1890 Census, but here are the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 Census. Click on images to view full screen. Also attached is Stanislaw's birth certificate, found on the LDS familysearch pilot page, at this link: http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#surname=drechney;p=recordResults;searchType=standard. Note on the 1930 Census: Walerya died 9 Jan 1926, and in 1930 Peter is remarried and listed with Julia Mazurkiewicz.

Peter and Walerya had the following children that I can find:
1) John Harry Drechny: born 19 Jan 1889
2) Stanislaus Aloysius Drechny: born 30 Apr 1891, died 9 May 1892
3) Boles C. Drechny: born 9 Feb 1893, died Jun 1975
4) Stephen Drechny: born 3 Jul 1894
5) Angela Drechny: born about 1895, died before the 1910 Census
6) Jennie Drechny: born about 1897
7) Sebastian Drechny: born about 1910

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Chicago Census Maps & Chicago street grid (address) changes

If you have an address, you can look up your family on the Census through Census maps. Which for immigrant names, is often an easier way to find families. See more on the posting 1 Oct 2009, or the tag "census maps".
Also, there were major changes to Chicago addresses in 1909 & 1911. See the posting for 1 Jan 2010.